The Word This Week

Revelation 19:1...

After the things of the Church Age, and after the events of the Tribulation, there is nothing but rejoicing in heaven.

Heaven knows what is best for the earth, and best for the people who remain upon the earth following the Tribulation. A great cleansing is absolutely necessary for the sake of all those who remain, and for those who will return to earth with Christ.

Righteous people on earth and in heaven, along with the angels of God, have been waiting so long for God to finally bring justice upon fallen man.

The earth itself and all of creation have been waiting. Heaven has been waiting. And now that man’s sin and rebellion against God have been fully and righteously judged there is both a sense of great rejoicing and great relief. It is over. It is finished. Finally! In God’s perfect timing.

For those wondering where the Church has been these past seven years, we find the answer here. The Church, the Bride of Christ, has been enjoying a wonderful seven ‘day,’ (year,) honeymoon with the Bridegroom – Who is the Lord Jesus Christ.

The story revealed here is the culmination of the Galilean wedding ceremony, which would have been very familiar to the Jewish people of John’s day. This is the marriage supper, which follows the wedding. Only those who have accepted the wedding invitation of the groom’s father are welcome to come in. The door is closed to those who refuse. It isn’t that they haven’t been invited. It is that they have refused the invitation.

During this time, while those who remain on earth have been receiving the well-deserved and perfect judgment of God, all those who were born-again prior to the Rapture of the Church are enjoying the marriage supper of the Lamb!

Consider this both an invitation and a warning. There is still time to place your faith in all the prophetic Word declares. (The prophetic Word is the testimony of Christ.) After all, who knows how much time remains?

Pastor Bill